Senate Adds Guardrails in an Effort to Force Trump to Obey Spending BillsJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 Leaders of the Appropriations Committee are trying to tighten up funding legislation to give the Trump administration less leeway to…
Judge Halts Texas’ Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in SchoolJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous” location in every…
Oklahoma Proposes ‘America First Test’ for Teachers From New York and CaliforniaJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 The test is meant to filter out teachers who hold views “antithetical” to Oklahoma values. Source link
N.S.A.’s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From PurgeJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 Vinh Nguyen, an expert in artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics, was among the current and former officials whose security clearances…
Trump Demands a Fed Governor Resign, Escalating Campaign to Remake Central BankJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 The administration accused Lisa Cook of mortgage fraud and said it would refer the matter for criminal investigation. Source link
Trump Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Hero’ and Adds: ‘I Guess I Am Too’Justin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 President Trump praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for bombing Iranian nuclear sites, and credited himself as well. Source…
Pirro Orders Office to Maximize Criminal Charges on Street ArrestsJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising…
The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration CrisisJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 The party is bleeding support beyond the ballot box, a new analysis shows. Source link
Where Democrats Lost on Voter RegistrationJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 If you want to understand the health of a political party, take a look at their voter registration numbers. And…
5 Takeaways From the Times Analysis of Democratic Decline in Voter RegistrationJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.…
Texas Republicans Ready to Pass New Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump WantedJustin M. LarsonAugust 20, 20250 The effort is intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. Other states,…
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’Justin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing…
Susan Collins to Get Hollywood Treatment at Fund-Raiser Featuring DemocratsJustin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 Democrats hoping to retake the Senate in the midterm elections next year are targeting the seat of Senator Collins, a…
Trump’s White House Joins TikTokJustin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 The move continues a remarkable turnabout toward the app for President Trump, who tried to ban TikTok in his first…
For Trump, Flashy Summits Come First. Grunt Work Comes Next.Justin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 Diplomats scrambled to come up with detailed proposals for security guarantees and other sticking points following two high-level summits in…
Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Accuse Trump Administration of Vindictive ProsecutionJustin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 It was the second time that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have sought to hold the Trump administration accountable over its…
Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No DealJustin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite…
Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current OfficialsJustin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 The move is the latest effort by the Trump administration to shift the public’s attention to the 2016 election. Source…
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Slept on the House Floor in ProtestJustin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 Nicole Collier, a state representative, slept in the Capitol rather than agree to police surveillance imposed by Republicans after a…
Tennessee Becomes Latest Republican-Led State to Send National Guard to D.C.Justin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, however, warned Republican governors against supporting “a dangerous, politically motivated agenda.” Source link
Mike Castle, Bipartisan Delaware Congressman, Dies at 86Justin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 A fiscal conservative who supported gun control and other liberal causes, he was the last Republican elected to serve his…
Pirro Orders Office to Maximize Criminal Charges on Street ArrestsJustin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising…
Trump Says He’s Ended 6 (or 7) Wars. Here’s Some Context.Justin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 President Trump has cast himself as a global peacemaker. His interventions have calmed some conflicts, while in others his role…
National Guard Troops in Washington Stick to Tourist AreasJustin M. LarsonAugust 19, 20250 The number of troops in the city is expected to grow. But Army officials appear to be trying to keep…
